Seth Rogen took a studio be aware personally on “Superbad,” when Sony objected to Jonah Hill‘s character utilizing a PlayStation 2 in a scene as a result of he was too “reprehensible.”
“They have been like, ‘We will’t have him work together with our merchandise as a personality, as a result of it’s too vile a personality.’ And I used to be like, ‘It’s primarily based on me, that’s very insulting,’” the star mentioned via laughs, talking with RottenTomatoes on the purple carpet for the SXSW premiere of his new Apple TV+ sequence “The Studio.”
“Sony made the film and we have been instructed that Jonah Hill’s character, Seth, was so reprehensible to the studio,” Rogen mentioned. “There’s a scene the place they’re taking part in video video games and it was like, ‘Jonah can’t contact a PlayStation.’”
Rogen shared that the manufacturing “accommodated” the studio in the long run. Hill isn’t seen interacting with Sony merchandise within the movie, although Michael Cera’s character, Evan, does play “The Getaway: Black Monday” on a PlayStation 2 in an early scene.
Rogen co-wrote “Superbad” together with his longtime producing, writing and directing accomplice Evan Goldberg. The script originated throughout their teenage years and is loosely primarily based on their experiences as highschool college students within the ’90s. Hill starred within the 2007 comedy, taking part in the analog for Rogen in his first main movie position.
In a fifteenth anniversary retrospective of “Superbad,” producer Judd Apatow shared that he “at all times wished them to do a sequel to ‘Superbad,” however that “Jonah [Hill] mentioned, ‘Oh it’ll be humorous to do it once we’re 70 or 80,’ however I actually wished them to do a ‘Superbad’ in school the place Jonah flunks out of faculty and simply exhibits up and visits Michael Cera in school.”
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